Waters are warming quick with some summer weather over the last few days, and the big bass are vacating southern New Jersey, Maryland, and Delaware, as more big fish move into eastern Long Island, Rhode Island, and Connecticut.
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Maryland/Chesapeake Bay Striper Fishing Report
While the biggest bass in the Chesapeake Bay are in the upper 20-inch range, there are still over-slot stripers feeding in the Maryland and Delaware surf.
New Jersey Striper Fishing Report
Most of the big stripers in the southern half of New Jersey are cruising north near the 3-Mile Line. There are more big stripers off Northern New Jersey, but even those seem to be thinning out, with eel trolling being the most effective method, and most of the fish flirting with the 3-mile line, beyond which, targeting striped bass is prohibited.
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New York Striper Report
There are monster stripers feeding on bunker along the South Shore, with plenty of big bass on the North Shore as well. As summer temperatures settle in over the next week, look for the fish to keep pushing east before settling at Montauk or Block Island.
Connecticut/Rhode Island Striper Report
Warming waters and more big baitfish arriving has kicked the fishing up a notch at the river mouths in Connecticut.
More big stripers moved in as warming waters push stripers from New York and New Jersey into Rhode Island waters.
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Cape Cod/Massachusetts Striper Report
Schools of bass continue to move through Cape Cod waters, with fish settling into the rips from Vineyard Sound to Monomoy, and spreading up along the back side of the Cape.
Big schools of bunker and bringing big stripers to the South Shore, Boston Harbor, and the North Shore.
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New Hampshire/Maine Striper Report
Plentiful bait and bass to 45 inches in Maine and New Hampshire should be just the start of the best part of the striper season at the northernmost part of the migration.
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What is the best beat for strip
If you are looking to get some try chuncking fresh bunker from the shore if there is a pier or any kind of structure or rocks the stripers tuck under the structure and if you cut the fresh bunker into small chunks and cast it past the structure and wait till the stripers hit the bait hope this helps